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Microdictya

Insecta - Palaeodictyoptera - Dictyoneuridae

Taxonomy

Microdictya was named by Brongniart (1894).

It was reranked as Goldenbergia (Microdictya) by Bolton (1917); it was synonymized subjectively with Goldenbergia by Bolton (1925).

It was assigned to Goldenbergia by Bolton (1917); to Stenodictyopteridae by Laurentiaux (1953); and to Dictyoneuridae by Handlirsch (1906), Handlirsch (1919), Handlirsch (1922), Kukalová (1970), Carpenter (1992).

Species

M. hamyi, M. handlirschi, M. lacroixi, M. latipennis, M. vaillanti (syn. Stenodictya gaudryi), M. villeneuvei

Synonyms

Heeria was named by Brongniart (1894).

It was synonymized subjectively with Goldenbergia by Bolton (1925); it was replaced with Microdictya by Brongniart (1894), Handlirsch (1922), Kukalová (1970), Carpenter (1992).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1894	Microdictya Brongniart p. 28
1894	Heeria Brongniart p. 388
1906	Microdictya Handlirsch p. 65
1917	Goldenbergia (Microdictya) Bolton p. 8
1919	Microdictya Handlirsch p. 516
1922	Microdictya Handlirsch p. 24
1953	Microdictya Laurentiaux p. 419
1970	Microdictya Kukalová p. 30
1992	Microdictya Carpenter p. 28

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
superorder	Palaeodictyopterida	(Bechly 1996)
order	Palaeodictyoptera
suborder	Dictyoneurina	Handlirsch 1906
superfamily	Dictyoneuroidea	Handlirsch 1906
family	Dictyoneuridae
genus	Microdictya

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Microdictya Brongniart 1894

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†Microdictya hamyi Brongniart 1894

†Microdictya handlirschi Bolton 1925

†Microdictya lacroixi Meunier 1910

†Microdictya latipennis Handlirsch 1919

†Microdictya vaillanti Brongniart 1894

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Invalid names: Stenodictya gaudryi Brongniart 1894 [synonym]

†Microdictya villeneuvei Meunier 1908

Invalid names: Heeria Brongniart 1894 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

Created:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Modified:

2017-04-17 09:56:18

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	France	Goldenbergia hamyi (123260) Goldenbergia handlirschi, M. latipennis (124916) M. lacroixi, M. villeneuvei (121979) Stenodictya gaudryi, Heeria vaillanti, Heeria hamyi (103635)